An individual’s position in the income hierarchy is a stronger predictor of wellbeing than either how much they earn or how large the income gap is between them and others, new research from the University of Leeds, the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick finds. 

New twin research shows that innate IQ plays a major role in predicting your future socio-economic status. The study, which follows twins during the crucial early adult years, reinforces the view that heredity and genes shape our life opportunities – and the people we become.

Women are missing out at work not just because of pay gaps or bias, but because they simply do not have the same time as men to compete.

Everyday financial anxieties and frustration with low-quality work – rather than immigration alone – helped populist politics explode across Europe from the mid-2010s, according to a new book that analyses data from over 75,000 voters.